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Quietsong;
The small she-cat looked up at him with a newer emotion to her in her eyes. Quietsong wasn't quite sure what it was, but it was new, and in her opinion, wonderful. The ends of her lips barely curled upwards, but it was noticeable if one was watching. She felt her cheeks slowly begin to burn under her fur. She slowly started to nod, which turned into a more firm one. Quietsong moved slightly closer to Forest, unable to stop the quiet purr that had formed in her throat.

Forest felt his ears grow hot as Quietsong moved closer. His purr grew louder and he licked the top of the she-cat's head. "How are you feeling?" He murmured, his eyes half closed.

Forest smiled at the she-cat and watched her expression carefully. "If you're asking how I'm feeling, I'm great." He purred, looking at Quietsong for a long time before saying anything. "if I'm wrong then knock me over the head with a pebble." Forest laughed, his usual mid-toned voice becoming high pitched.

Shadedfur jumped up and shook herself, almost to quickly, "that would be great!" She purred. She then turned and began to turn, ready to practically bound out to the forest. So much energy she suddenly had, which was surprising seeing how calm and somewhat flat her personality usually was.

Echoeyes purred, he tail lashing with energy, "alright!" She said with a smile. She then turned, "come one!" She called. She bounded to the entrance, made sure Windwhisper had caught up, and then turned once more, "let's start by going along the close by stream, we can cross at the stepping stones," she said half suggesting and half telling.

Smokefoot;
Smokefoot stood up as well, stretching his hind legs for a second before looking at the excited she-cat. He shortly followed her out of the camp, and held his nose to the air. To be honest, the tom was quite tired. He hadn't done much that day, but he had made a round around the territory and introduced a new cat to the clan. But he was always willing to help out his clan mates, even if that meant being tired while hunting. Shaking his head to wake himself up a bit more, his eyes narrowed as he began to scent out prey.

Windwhisper;
She followed Echoeyes quickly, having a skip in her trot. She had a bright smile on her face, and a gentle purr in her throat. Her eyes had an overall look of being warmth and welcoming. Following Echoeyes out of the camp, she nodded at her suggestion. "Alright, I'm down," She responded quickly, holding her head high and instinctively looking around for any signs of danger.

Quietsong;
The she-cat definitely noticed the trace of awkwardness in his voice. She knew her held silence kind of made it hard to socialize with her. She could only give yes or no answers, or respond to positive or negative type of questions. She lifted her shoulders in a small shrug, unsure of his interests. Her head lifted, staring at the sky. You're probably already tired after that walk and our encounter earlier. Do you have anything in mind?

Quietsong;
Wait, hold on. You were stalking us? Alright... I'm a little shocked. Her eyes widened, but she nodded anyways. You've also peaked my curiosity. How'd you stay hidden so well? How did none of our cats attack you? Quietsong stood up, and began walking, holding her head up high with her shoulders back to appear as bigger, taller, and more powerful than before. It seemed to be working, too.

Shadedfur smiled and took note of the tom's tiredness, "come on sleepyhead! There's better prey this way!" She said before speeding up and leaping over a thick bush and squeezed herself underneath a large log almost right after. If Smokefoot was to tired, they could turn back, she knew he wouldn't give into his sleepiness like that. So, she had to at least try and tire him out to see if he was actually ready to turn in. Either she would, of course be fine with!

Echoeyes purred, swishing her tail gracefully. She crouched down to part the bush to make her way further down to the bank of the river, but stopped short, her fur raised for a second as she noticed her older sister, Redwing lying there while gazing into the water. Echoeyes quickly turned away, "never mind. L-lets start our walk further up the bank," she said while irritatedly eyeing her sister.

Shadedfur swerved around a tree before slowing her pace. She opened her jaws to taste the air of any prey scents. She quickly turned, slowing to a crouch. She sniffed from a far at the a small bush, seemingly hollowed inside, but there were also thorns in some places. She turned, "shrew," she whispered, "with babies!" She knew they were going to be a difficult catch, but cats had done it before. She signals with her tail to come closer, "go around so you can get the when the remainders try and escape that way," she said.

Echoeyes looked a bit angered, "stay here," she said before parting the brush. She went and stared into the water like her sister not saying a word. Redwing look away. "I came here to work things out," she said finally.

"Echoeyes, we've been over this. Just give it time for us both to get over it," redwing replied seeming a bit aggravated.

Echoeyes tensed up, "well obviously that's not working!" She snapped,

"what do you mean? It's worked for me!" She said, her fur rising a bit along her spine.

"Well! It hasn't worked for me!" Echoeyes growled,

"Echoeyes!" She snapped, "we made the decision so long ago!"

"We? WE?!?! I didn't know until you forced me out of thunderclan along with you!" Her tone then got low and threatening, "don't think for a second that that was my decision as well."

"Well your happy here! Right?" She said in a fierce tone,

"Yes... no...I DONT KNOW'!"

"Well you should be! It's the way things are!"

"ITS NOT THE WAY THINGS ARE!" She yowled. Redwing quickly scratched Echoeyes across the face, Echoeyes shook herself off as a few droplets of blood fell to the ground. She sniffed a bit as tears formed in her eyes, the fur rising all over her body. Echoeyes looked at Redwings fierce face, it was beginning to change to sympathetic and sorry,

"Echoeyes, I'm sorry-"

Echoeyes ran back through the brush, "come Winehisper, we're going!" She said while looking at the ground.

Smokefoot;
The tom shortly followed Shadedfur, keeping low to the ground while making sure that he made as minimal noise as physically possible. He had scented a shrew, but the children were a complete surprise to him. Moving closer to her as he was signaled, he nodded at the instructions. "Will do," Smokefoot meowed in a whisper, stalking around to stop them. He positioned himself so he could jump any direction except for backwards. Just in case they did try to run around him, instead of to him. Looking up and in the direction of Shadedfur, he waited for her to make her move so he could make his.

Windwhisper;
The silver she-cat looked stunned at the conversation, and her ears became droopy along with her tail. She didn't say a word to Echoeyes. But she did give a single nod, and was ready to follow her when she was ready to go. Does she not want to be in RiverClan? The thought gave Windwhisper a distressed feeling. Questions tore at her fur, begging to be asked. Yet she refused to open her mouth for the time being. But... If you're not in RiverClan, we can't be good friends, and you seem like a ni--That's selfish. If she doesn't want to be in RiverClan, let her go back to ThunderClan.

Quietsong;
So am I... She nodded in agreement, a happy little pep joining her trot for a moment. Realizing that it was there, she quickly tried to hide her joy. But not even she could stop the purr in her throat, which very obviously gave it away. She looked down, her shoulders returning to their natural position. It seemed to be that she had lost the confident air that had surrounded her just seconds earlier. The moment they had exited the camp though, she didn't hesitate with her purring. Free of judgement from all of her clan mates, Quietsong finally let herself be happy.

Poppy;
The Japanese Bobtail slowly looked up, feeling stares burn on her pelt. Staring a Silhouette for a moment, she sighed.  Guess I really do have to answer... Well, here goes nothing.  She looked right back down and gave her response. "It's... Terrifying at the least. You don't know who you can trust. Cats will attack you for trying to survive, and when they hide pretty well... It's easy to watch your life slip away from you. There's no one to help you escape enemies, or no one to tell you that it's okay when something absolutely terrible happens. You don't have a permanent home, or one that you can call safe in the slightest. As she said..." Poppy motioned to Silhouette. "There's no one to care for us when we get injured. Or maybe there are cats, but they just don't care. Clan cats think of you as disgusting, kittypets think you're wild and alley cats think you're not worth helping. Leaf-bares make you cold inside and wish that something would keep you warm.  Or maybe they remind you of how hard life can be with a make-shift den. Just when you think you're dying, the season changes and you're forced to hunt while feeling like you'll collapse at any second. Now imagine that with the threat of death looming over your shoulders at every given moment. That's what it feels like to me." Poppy took a deep breath and stared downwards, shifting her paws uncomfortably. "It's just... Alone and scary."

"Happy?" Forest asked Quietsong, aware of how different she was now than when he had first met her. I wonder why she's so happy now. Did she see her crush or loved one? Huh. With a shrug, he padded next to Quietsong.

Silhouette watched Poppy with wide-eyes as she spoke. Now it isn't that bad for me. I tend to enjoy being alone. She then turned to Spiderfang as the she-cat replied to both the loners. "I don't mind it out here too much. And I feel like I would get anxious in a Clan. There's a lot of cats aren't there?" She shivered at the thought of such a small space with so many cats. Everything else sounds nice... except for the cats.

Shadedfur crouched lower, her dark pelt covered in the grass. She took a few more steps forward before letting out a yowl that seemed to have come more from a panther, or other large cat. She easily dived into the bush, the two full grown voles scattered out to the other side of the bush leaving their three little babies behind, Shadedfur easily killed two, leaving one for the wild, just in case it was old enough to survive. It seemed stupid to her at first, but if it did grow it would be future food for harder times, so she left it be. "Smokefoot," she yowled, "she picked up the two babies and leaped out the bush, a strong of thorns just barely scraping her shoulders. Shadedfur winced but quickly moved on from the quick pain.


Echoeyes drooped her ears, she shook the blood dripping down her muzzle once more before speaking, "There's no way you didn't hear that," she said quietly while looking away, "look. It's not that I don't want to leave Riverclan, it's just that it all happened so fast and I never got a say in it. I guess Redwing thought it would be better for me to get away from the prying eyes and bullies of thunderclan from the way my eyes look. My mother, Cherryehisker used to say that I was lucky to be in thunderclan because of how understnaifn they were, but I was bullied anyway, only by kits and aprentices, and older warriors like my father, Copperjaw gave me tough love. I guess the siblings thought it'd be bet for me. They blamed me for it, so they moved back. I just miss them, and my heart belongs with my family. I know that! I'm just not sure..." She explained, "and my sister, Redwing plays it off like its nothing!" She howled. She looked away, tears forming in her eyes. She had promised that like her mother, she would always smile and be happy even during tough times, so she forced a happy sounding meow, "but it's alright. I love Riverclan! I wouldn't want to leave the cats here like you!"

Forest glanced over at her and felt the need to move closer. He didn't dare do it in case she didn't want the same though. Instead he just smiled and continued forward. Soon he saw the large tree among many others that he had spent days and nights in. "Here we are." The former loner announced, pointing to the tree with his nose. It looked like all the others but to Forest it screamed 'home'. "That hollow-" He motioned to a hollow halfway up the tree, "- is where I slept and looked out to your clanmates." Ears turning hot, he looked over at Quietsong. "I remember seeing you a few times too. I thought you were really pretty and worth getting to know." Turning his head so his companion couldn't see him blush, Forest looked back to his former home. I'm going to miss it... Maybe I'll stay there some nights.

Silhouette nodded as Spiderfang finished. "That sounds okay then." She paused, thinking of what to say next. "I'm just used to being alone."

Shadedfur purred hapily, "nice catch!" She complimented while trotting over to Smokefoot. She titled her head sympathetically, tilting her ears back she touched her tail tip to the tom's shoulder. "Hey," she said in quieter, more soothing tone, "it's alright. We can't catch every peice of prey we find," she meowed. Shadedfur then glanced around, "wanna keep hunting? Or turn in?" She asked while closing her eyes.

Echoeyes felt a flutter of warmth jump wishing her, she perked up. "Hey. Don't worry about it! It was a long time ago," she said, "still bothers though." She then rubbed her cheek against the she cat's in order to show how happy, and appreciative of her new friend's words, "and. Thank you." She purred, "you're really the first real friend I've gotten to hang out with in a long time!" She said with a slight laugh. Feeling much better, Echoeyes suddenly bounded forward, "come on! Another crossing is this way!" She said excitedly.

Smokefoot;
The tom nodded quickly.  "Yeah, I know.  But it still would've been awesome if I had been able to catch it." He flicked his tail.  "It's more of a pride thing than anything else." He puffed out his chest in mock pride.  Giving a slight purr in amusement, he quickly realized that he was laughing at his own joke in a sense.  Clearing his throat, Smokefoot awkwardly looked to the side.  "But yeah. If you're tired, we can go in. But I can keep going!" He looked a lot more awake now, having caught a piece of prey and felt adrenaline under his fur.

Windwhisper;
Giving a gentle purr, Windwhisper watched her friend start looking happier.  "It's really all my pleasure.  Being your friend is a honor." She gave a little bow, but looking up at Echoeyes with a playful look.  Standing up straight, she giggled at her enthusiasm.  Windwhisper nodded quickly.  "Yeah... Let's go!" She purred happily.

Quietsong;
She took Forest's words into consideration.  She stared up at him and took a deep breath.  I can do this.  I can talk.  They're not here anymore.  You are no longer Co.  You're Quietsong.  Quietsong opened her mouth.  "I--"  A shudder ran down her body and memories came rushing over her like melted ice.  Her talking quickly became silent as she trembled in fear, standing there and trying to breathe as terrible memories played back.  No...  Not again...